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Events

February 23 – Première of Pierre Beaumarchais's play, The Barber of Seville , which will later provide material for more than one opera.
Wilhelm Hauser becomes organist at the monastery of Lavaldieu and the teacher of Étienne Méhul.

Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 String Quartets, Op. 12
John Alcock Jr. – 8 Easy Organ Voluntaries
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Symphony in D major, H.663
- Symphony in F major, H.665
Johann Christian Bach – Sinfonia concertante, W.C 34
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Keyboard Sonata in G major, F.7
Giovanni Battista Cirri – 6 String Quartets, Op. 13
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Concerto for Oboe in D major
Tommaso Giordani – 6 Flute Trios, Op. 12
Joseph Haydn
- Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI:114
- Il Ritorno di Tobia , Hob.XXI:1 (sacred oratorio)
- Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:7
Joseph Martin Kraus – Requiem
Georg Anton Kreusser – 6 Flute Quintets, Op. 10
Franz Lamotte – Violin Concerto No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Violin Concertos No. 3, No. 4 & No. 5
- Symphony in C major, K.102/213c
- Serenade in D major, K.204/213a
- Church Sonata in B-flat major, K.212
- Misericordias Domini, K.222/205a
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust – Sonata in A major, CzaR 110
Friedrich Schwindl – 6 Quartets, Op. 7
Maddalena Laura Sirmen – 6 Duets, Op. 5
Johann Matthias Sperger – Quartet in D major, for flute, viola, cello, and contrabass, M.C III:23a
Carl Stamitz – 3 Quintets, Op. 11
John Stanley – Six Concertos for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Forte Piano, with Accompanyments [ sic ] for Two Violins and a Bass, Op. 10 (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Mr Welcker)
Johann Adolph Hasse – La Danza

Johann André – Erwin und Elmire
Pasquale Anfossi – L'Avaro
André Ernest Modeste Grétry – La fausse Magie
Joseph Haydn – L'incontro improvviso , Hob.XXVIII:6
Gaetano Latilla – Antigono
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- La finta giardiniera, K. 196 (premiered January 13)
- Il re pastore , K. 208
Josef Mysliveček – Il Demofoonte (second version, first premiered in 1769)
Giovanni Paisiello
- Socrate immaginario, R.1.48
- Il gran Cid, R.1.49

Andrea Basili – Musica universale armonico pratica
Marie-Dominique-Joseph Engramelle – La Tonotechnie
Fedele Fenaroli – Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo
Johann Caspar Heck – Short and Fundamental Instructions for Learning Thorough Bass
Jacob Schuback – Von der musikalischen Declamation

January 21 – Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García, singer and composer (d. 1832)
March 24 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, poet and composer (d. 1835)
May 1 – Sophia Dussek, composer and musician (died 1831)
June 4 – Francesco Molino, guitarist and composer (d. 1847)
June 13 – Antoni Radziwiłł, politician and musician (d. 1833)
July 5 – William Crotch, composer (d. 1847)
July 9 – Matthew Lewis, librettist and writer (died 1818)
August 2 – José Ángel Lamas, composer (d. 1814)
August 31 – François de Fossa, guitarist and composer (d. 1849)
September 17 – Margrethe Schall, ballerina (d. 1852)
October 6 – Johann Anton André, German composer (died 1842)
October 15 – Bernhard Henrik Crusell, clarinettist and composer (d. 1838)
October 21 – Giuseppe Baini, composer and music critic (d. 1844)
October 30 – Catterino Cavos, organist, conductor and composer (d. 1840)
December 6 – Nicolo Isouard, Maltese composer (died 1818)
December 16 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer (d. 1834)
December 25 – Antun Sorkočević, writer, composer and diplomat (d. 1841)
date unknown
- Joseph Antonio Emidy, violinist and composer (d. 1835)
- Andrea Nozzari, operatic tenor (d. 1832)
- Giovanni Schmidt, Italian librettist (died c. 1839)